Findlay hockey team finishes second in Holly Daze Tourney

Findlay peppered New Albany with 49 shots-on-goal on Wednesday but managed to slip just one shot into the net in forging a 1-1 tie with the Eagles during the final round of the Holly Daze Hockey Tournament at The Cube. Ryker Featheringham's third goal of the tournament and sixth of the season accounted for Findlay's lone score. Michael Armstrong, Findlay's offensive leader through 13 games with 11 goals, 10 assists and 21 total points, and Trey Featheringham (9 goals, 9 assists, 18 points) were credited with assists on Ryker Featheringham's goal. Tim Whitehead stopped 14 of New Albany's 15 shots as Findlay's defense was once again solid. Since a 2-0 loss to Toledo St. John's, the Trojans, who climbed from eighth to seventh in the most recent state coaches poll, have allowed just eight goals in seven games during a 5-1-1 stretch in which they raised their overall record to 7-4-2. "The defense has been playing really well," FHS coach Ben Patey said this week. "Along with our goal tending, it's one of the big reasons for our success. It's protecting what we call the home base." Findlay went 2-1-1 and finished second to the Dayton Stealth (4-0) in the tournament, based on points accumulated for periods (1 point) and games (2 points) won or tied. Perrysburg went 2-0-2, Oxford Talawanda 2-1-1, Bowling Green 2-2, Cincinnati Moeller 1-2-1, New Albany 0-3-1 and the Olentangy Braves 0-4. With COVID-19 cancellations altering schedules across the board, Findlay High's hockey team will be off until Sunday, Jan. 10 when the Trojans will take on long-time rival Bowling Green in a Northwest Hockey Conference game at the BGSU Ice Arena. "Every team has had to go through it, not just hockey but basketball, wrestling … It's par for the course for 2020," Patey said. "The kids are so used to it by now it's not really a distraction. There's not much we can do about it, so we're just following protocols and focusing on the fact we're fortunate we can still play." (14-SUB HEAD) Goebel goes 5-0 Hudson Goebel posted a 5-0 record and Jimmy Phadphom and Ethan Mitchell won four matches each on Wednesday when Findlay High hosted its third edition of the Lee's Chicken/Findlay Duals wrestling tournament. Goebel pinned his opponents from Olmsted Falls (1:27), Medina Buckeye (:56) and Oak Harbor (2:53). The sophomore 120-pounder, a state qualifier as a freshman, also scored a 7-3 decision and won his fifth match by forfeit. Only a pair of 5-point losses marred the records of Mitchell and Phadphom. Mitchell, wrestling in the 138-pound division, pinned four of his opponents but dropped a 12-7 decision to Medina Buckeye's Eddie Neitenbach. Phadphom had three pins and a decision, but fell 11-6 to Allen East's Drake Carmean in his other match. John Paul Smith (126) and Max Farmer (285) won three of their five matches, while Tyler Treft (220) and Will Johnston (106) earned two wins each. Medina Buckeye went unbeaten (5-0) in the six-team event. Wauseon was 4-1, Oak Harbor and Olmsted Falls were both 3-2, Allen East went 1-4 and Findlay finished 0-5. (14-SUB HEAD) L-B wrestlers win DEFIANCE – Liberty-Benton's Brett Ogborn pinned both of his opponents on Wednesday in leading the Eagles to dual-match wrestling wins over Defiance (56-12) and Bryan (49-30). Competing in the 182-pound division, Ogborn was one of eight double winners for the Eagles. Avery Allen had a pin and a tech fall in the 126-pound competition, with Dru Baker (145), Mason Richards (160) and Gavin Gillig (170) getting a pin and a decision each. Jacob Dukes (220, pin) and Nathaniel DiRe (195, maj. dec.) had one forfeit among their two wins an Zach Ponx (126) had two. PREP HOCKEY State Coaches Poll SCHOOL (1st-place votes) &emsp;&emsp;PTS 1. Lakewood St. Edward (9) &emsp;&emsp; &emsp;&emsp;90 2. Toledo St. Francis &emsp;&emsp; &emsp;&emsp;80 3. Sylvania Northview &emsp;&emsp; &emsp;&emsp; 60 4. Gates Mills Gilmour Academy &emsp;&emsp; 55 5. Olentangy Liberty &emsp;&emsp; &emsp;&emsp; 46 6. Cleveland St. Ignatius &emsp;&emsp; &emsp;&emsp; 39 7. Findlay &emsp;&emsp; &emsp;&emsp; 27 8. Upper Arlington &emsp;&emsp;25 9. Oxford Talawanda &emsp;&emsp; &emsp;&emsp; 24 10. Hunting Valley University School &emsp;&emsp;23 OTHER TEAMS RECEIVING VOTES: Columbus St. Charles Prep, Olentangy Orange, Cincinnati Moeller and Toledo St. John's. BOWLING AMF Sportsman Lanes Kings & Queens League High series: (men) Jim Boyce 535; (women) Pam Oates 501. High game: (men) Boyce 212; (women) Antonia Ponx 190. Morning Glories League High series: Pam Oates 522. High game: Linda Jones 215. Sunsetters League High series: Kim Combs 489. High game: Combs and Stephanie Huff 184. LOCAL SPORTS Wednesday's Results JUNIOR HIGH BOYS BASKETBALL Riverdale (8th) 28, Elmwood 20 Riverdale (7th) 20, Elmwood 14 Saturday's Jan. 2 Schedule GIRLS BASKETBALL Arcadia at Gibsonburg Arlington at Hardin Northern Waynesfield-Goshen at Vanlue Ada at Kenton Elida at Bluffton Carey at Buckeye Central (N10) Hopewell-Loudon at Fostoria, 4 Bucyrus at Upper Sandusky (N10) BOYS BASKETBALL Elmwood at Liberty-Benton Vanlue at Van Buren (BVC) Bluffton at Ottawa-Glandorf Miller City at Pandora-Gilboa (PCL) Wayne Trace at Arlington Continental at Leipsic (PCL) North Baltimore at Fremont St. Joe Seneca East at Upper Sandusky (N10) Ada at New Knoxville MENS' COLLEGE BASKETBAL Hillsdale at Findlay, 3 WOMENS' COLLEGE BASKETBAL Findlay at Ursuline, 1